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September 2012

Sep 30, 2012

In my last few blogs, I’ve talked about the challenges of
testing QPI, PCI Express, SATA 3, and DDR3 memory. These buses are common to
many Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge motherboard designs. Should test engineers
take chances and just not test them?

Sep 09, 2012

Serial ATA 3 (SATA 3, or SATA III) is a differential bus
running at 6Gbps. It’s commonly used on computer motherboards, such as
notebooks, to connect to mass storage devices. How do you know if your hard
disk or flash drive is running at full speed?

Sep 03, 2012

Brian Bailey, editor of EETimes’ EDA Designline, recently
penned a blog questioning the ubiquity and value of embedded instrumentation
within chips. It’s a fascinating and timely read, and I’d like to put my two
cents worth in…